Not much change in the forecast from yesterday: more sun, increasing temps and humidity with chances of rain over the weekend. Reruns are great as long as they feature a cast of great characters and a good storyline which is what we have here.
Weather History
June 14
1894: A week-long heatwave was underway with temperatures at or above 90 degrees across much of the region from June 10th to June 16th. Grand Rapids hit 95 degrees on the 13th, 96 degrees on the 14th and 97 degrees on the 15th.
1991: A tornado injures one person and damages several homes east of Jackson.
June 15
1960: More than 20 houses sustain damage as a tornado hits the southern part of the city of Jackson, Michigan.
1976: Tornadoes caused a quarter-million dollars damage in Lower Michigan. In Kent County, a barn is destroyed and two houses damaged by a tornado near Cedar Springs. In Allegan and Ottawa Counties, several buildings are damaged along a twelve-mile path, ending just south of Jenison. Mobile homes are damaged near Walton in Wexford County.
1982: A series of strong tornadoes struck central Lower Michigan. In Gratiot County, several homes were damaged, two of them severely as a tornado moved from near Pompeii to North Star. In Jackson County, a tornado kills one person and injures another as it moves about 5 miles west of Munith.
June 16
1974: Cool and cloudy weather prevailed for the middle of June with high temperatures only in the middle 50s across the region on both June 16th and 17th.
June 17
1975: A tornado struck two miles northeast of Newaygo. A tree fell on and killed a 14 year old girl who was camping with her parents. Tornadoes also hit Roscommon County, where damage was done to some boats on the southwest shore of Houghton Lake. Another tornado damaged several farm buildings north of Zeeland in Ottawa County.
1992: Over a dozen, mostly weak tornadoes struck across Lower Michigan, including south of Coopersville in Ottawa County, near Cedar Springs in Kent County, Harrison in Clare County and Pewamo in Ionia County.
June 18
1976: Three tornadoes cause minor damage across Lower Michigan. The first tornado moved northwest of Lansing, damaging a house and destroying a barn and shed. Another tornado blew down barns near Reese in Saginaw County. The final tornado destroyed a barn and damaged a garage in Gladwin County, north of Edenville.
1994: An early season heat wave peaked with temperatures in the mid and upper 90s across the region. The temperature hit 98 at Lansing, 96 at Grand Rapids and 91 at Muskegon.
June 19
1954: A tornado strikes in Jackson County at Gillett’s Lake, damaging several houses and cars but causing no injuries.
1995: Muskegon hit 98 degrees, their highest temperature on record in the month of June. Their second hottest June reading of 95 degrees would occur the following day.
2009: Severe weather strikes with three tornadoes and downburst winds. A tornado partially unroofed a home south of Allegan and another tornado took the roof and deck off a home near Richland in Kalamazoo County . A weaker tornado downed trees and did minor damage to a house in Alamo Township, Kalamazoo County.
June 20
1953: An early summer heat wave peaked with temperatures around 100 degrees. It was the hottest June day on record at Grand Rapids with a high of 102 and a sultry low of 79 degrees.
Need some rain. Grass is starting to dry up.
Been watering the last three nights now to keep mine green.
If Brett Anderson at Accweather is correct (that is a big IF) then we could have a cooler wet period at the end of June and then a hot start to July. We shall see how that plays out.
Slim
Interesting Slim I was reading yesterday we could have a cooler July around here on some blogs especially in the plain states like you always say we shall see! So far this summer has been a brezze on the heat side of thing’s nothing long lasting and lots of cool nights I will take it no waves ….INDY
I know I think he thinks it will get dry in July.
Slim
Currently it’s 76* degrees out at thee YARDofBRICKS NE of GR it doesn’t get any better this during Summer time in Michigan …Have a super Wednesday MV’s best …INDY
Most on the time the weather in June to early October is just great here in Michigan.
Slim
It has been brought up several times by Mookie, but so far this June is on a possible track to be the sunniest June of recorded record here at Grand Rapids. The last four days we’ve had 97%, 100%, 100% and 99% of possible sunshine. And today will yet another day of near 100% sun. At this time June has had 88 or 89% of possible sunshine. The record was set in 1963 with (depending on what records you want to use) of either 82 or 85% either way this could be one of the sunniest Junes of record in… Read more »
A update on the weather history above. For Muskegon the new 2nd warmest day in June is now 97 and that was just set this year on June 9th. At this time it is clear and an mild 67 here at my house. With a mean of 67.0 this June is now at +0.6 but that will go up over the next week or so.
Slim
Pence is saying the corona virus pandemic is winding down in the USA and almost over! This is the leader of the corona virus task force! He is lying for Trump again! Pathetic! The virus is running rampant in the USA and at least 21 states are seeing a major increase in cases and deaths! These statements are so bad it is to the point you can not believe a single word from this is Administration! Some of the open early states such as FL and TX are leading the pack with thousands or new cases every day! Thank God… Read more »
Oh you’re talking about Whitmer who deliberately sent sick COVID patients of all ages to our retirement homes and drove our COVID death numbers through the roof?? The liberals new talking point is the cases on the rise, but that is only because of a massive amount of increased testing everywhere.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/editorials/2020/05/20/editorial-whitmer-order-endangers-nursing-homes-end-now/5220929002/
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/nletter/2020/06/05/nolan-out-loud-whitmer-do-say-not-do/3149465001/
Well according to the national leadership that COVID 19 would go away with the warmer weather well as of yesterday here is a partial list of the number of confirmed new cases. 1. Texas 4413 total test per million population 52,505 2. California 3440 74,351 3. Florida 2783 68,038 4. Arizona 2392 67,221 5. North Carolina 793 62,111 Well down the list is Michigan with 184 98,338 This is the end of my rant on this subject for today. Slim
The warm weather is definitely lowering cases. The only upticks are in HOT states where people stay inside most of the day in the summer.
I just said that to my wife.
Slim
And this has what to do with the weather? Find another blog to rant on.
Bingo not dragging INDY into this one lol… Hey Andy how’s it going…INDY
Hey INDY!! Going great! Down here in South Carolina on Vacation, just got back from spending a couple days in Savannah. Gorgeous weather here too! So nice to be able to walk around like free Americans down here! Heading back home on Saturday.
That’s awesome here’s a little science for you during the stay home epidemic Grand Rapids Michigan was the 4th city in the Nation that used the most gas wow that’s mind-boggling goes to show you us westsiders really listen to our Governor and stayed home lol…have a safe trip back Weather looks good for your drive..INDY..
While Rocky’s commit has nothing to do with the weather, but the subject has now been opened. I know there are some who just want COVID 19 to just go away. But that just is not the case. And no matter the spin that our national leadership put on this it is in their hands. As of yesterday, in The United States of America there have been 2,208,787 confirmed cases. There have been 119,145 reported deaths at this time there are a reported 16,695 people in critical condition. The US is in 29th place in the per million in the… Read more »
Rock on Slim, in other words, the Trump administration has been an total failure in responding to the pandemic and is constantly lying to the American public! The worst President ever in the entire World! Whitmer rocks!